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IMPROVEMENT IN BOX-SCRAPER.

The Schedu1e.referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM DUTTON, -ofBoston, in the county of Suiiolk.I and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Gombined Planer and Scraper;and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification. l

This invention relates to a new and useful improve ment in tools usedfor scraping and planing boxesor barrels, and for removing the marks'therefrom; and' The invention consists in attaching'to a single stock orhandle an adjustable scraper, and an adjustable planing-iron, as will behereinafter more fully described.

Figure l represents a top view of the tool.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal side view, (in 'section through the line a:96,) so as to show the position and method of fastening and adjustingthe scraper and plan er` bits.

Similar letters of' reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a metallic stock, or shell, so formed that a planing-iron, or bit,is confined to it at about the same angle it would occupy in a joinersplane.

B represents the iron, or bit, of the plane.

C is the scraper. l

D is the shank, to which a handle, of wood or other material, may beattached, or the shank may be extended, so as to form a handle itself.

E is the handle.

they can be adjusted or set, for properly operating on the wood.

They are fastened by the thumb-screw F and the screw-lever Gr, as seenin the drawing.

The manner of operating with the tool will be readily understood fromthe drawing.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The stock A,adapted to receive the adjustable bits B O, all the parts beingconstructed and arranged as described, for .the purpose specified.

WM. BUTTON. Witnesses:

ALBERT O. NORTON, MARTHA A. NORTON.

Both of the bits, B and C, have slot-holes, so that-

